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Patented July 7, 1885 (No Model.)

TILE WORK ADAPTBD TO HEARTHS, FIRE PLACES, AND VESTIBULES.

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ELMER F. MAO KUSICK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 'IO J. S. CONOVER & OO., OF SAME PLACE.

TlLE-WORK ADAPTED T0 HEARTHS, FIRE-PLACES, AND VESTIBULES.

EPECILT'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,619, dated July 7, 1885.

Application tiled Muy 4, 1585. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER F. Mao KUsIcK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Tile-Work, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis improvement relates to that class of tilework which is especially adapted to hearths, tire places,aud to vestibules, in which the tiles are generally ot' a highly ornamental character; and the object of the invention is to increase the ornamental appearance of the tiling and at the same time to strengthen the work by binding the blocks more closely t0- gether.

NVith this object in view I introduce strips of sheet metal between the tiles so that the edges of the metallic strips are level with or slightly above the surfaces of the tiles. The metallic strips are usually of an ornamental character, such as brass, and the edges are kept bright by the friction or wear to which they are exposed. For fireplaces the tiles and metallic stri ps are usually cemented upon slabs of slate, so that they may be completely prepared bel'ore being put in place.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a pieeeot' tiling, and Fig. 2 is a section of the same.

The tiles and metallic strips may be einbedded in cement upon a concrete foundation7 but usually they are cemented to a slab, A, ot' slate or other suitable stone ofthe proper size to lit the place where the tiling is to .be applied. The tiles B B are to be square, triangular, or of any desired shape and formed into patterns, and the surfaces of the tiles may be ornaincntcd or plain or of any desired color. Between these tiles strips of metal C are introduced. rlhese strips ol" metal are the same width, or nearly so,as the thickness of the tiles, so that one edge of each strip is at or slightly above the surface of the adjacent tiles, and the exposed edges of these strips are either plain, round, and polished or knurled, so as to present an ornamental appearance.

In packing the tiles and metallic strips together cement is to be made use of beneath the tiles and between the metallic strips and such tiles, so that the metallic strips are iirmly cemented into place; and it will be apparent that the metallic strips intervening between the tiles and extending in either straight or zigzag lines between a number of such tiles serve to hold the parts and increase the strength and the union of the tiles one with another.

In the manufacture of separate articles,sueh as tea potstands, shovel-stands, or other movable articles, it is preferable to make use of a metallic frame passing all around the tiles, as well as to employ the strips of metal between the respective blocks. There may also be a metallicback to support the tiles in place of a stone back.

I am aware that cast-metal frames have been lled with a cement or composition, the edges of the metal being at the surface of the concrete; also that strips of tarred paper or metal bars have been introduced between sections ol' cement or concrete to form divisions.

In my improvement the ornamental tiles and the edges of the intervening strips of sheet metal are on the same level, and the cement is used only as a means for holding the parts together.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination` in tile-work, with the separate tiles, of strips of metal between such tiles placed edgewise and cemented so that the edges of the strips of metal appear between the tilessubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a backing, of tiles cemented to such backing, and intermediate strips of sheet metal placed edgewise and cemented in between said tiles, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this lst day of May, A. D. 1885. Y

F. MAC KUSICII.

W'itnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morir. 

